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To those inclined to step on ants,

You'll need Kevlar(tm) underpants.

For boots, though strong, with lac'd shank high,

Protect not the tender thigh.

My friend Justin:

Your lips are like two flaps of fat. They go front and back and flapitty flap.

Me:

Collagen-filled, they're beefy beggars,
Lips that beat against the nose,
Habsburg-style are Schwarzenegger's,
Someone slap him with a hose!

Homer Simpson's underbite
Drooling simian pedigree,
Louis Armstrong kept them tight,
So did Dizzy Gillespie.

Flapping at the poetry slam,
Talking heads on id'jit box,
Politicians' look like ham,
Noise enough to stun an ox!

Someone on Amazon started the discussion, "Does anyone think that walruses are plants?". Responses varied, but some were: "Are you insane? What has this world come to?! Walruses are ANIMALS" and "What the hell is everyone talking about? Has everyone gone mad"

I wrote, "Actually, plants live and grow inside and outside of the walrus's
body. This intimately interwoven matrix of plant and animal cells
makes the walrus more akin to lichens, those wonderful green flakes
seen growing on the sides of… Continue

I am bored stiff today. I just got a good laugh from an NPR story, though! They carried a story called "Bacon Gets Its Just Desserts", about mixing sweets with bacon. Some of the responses were precious:

"How awful, sounds disgusting."
"Chocolate and bacon should not be in the same zip code as each other."
"because you people aren't fat enough already"
"Why do people insist on adding meat to fricking everything?"
"As a pescetarian, when I go out to eat, I have to look suspiciously at cooked veg… Continue

When I was at the gym today, I happened to think "Hey, isn't Aphex Twin Welsh?". The answer, of course, is "yes". And there is another Welsh artist whose name is even further out there. It's Thighpaulsandra. I know the latter from his collaboration with Coil.

Thighpaulsandra is a bit edgy for me (I'm showing my age now), but Aphex Twin's ambient music is actually good stuff to listen to while running or lifting weights. I'm sure he'd be delighted to know how much he's helping middle-aged Americ… Continue